Thread drift, our government in Aus is now attacking Aunty. Oh no, they used the "unpatriotic" word.
For those not from Aus, Aunty is our beloved government funded public broadcaster. You know, the kind of broadcaster that is not constrained by commercialism and is not frightened, until now!!. The end is nie.

Another popular furpy like I was conscripted and sent to war in Vietnam. One of the very few constitutional rights Australians enjoy is to not be conscripted and sent off to fight in a foreign war and everyone who does is a volunteer.

Fundamentally correct in effect (Even conscripts had to volunteer for Vietnam), but it is no where in the constitution.

It was not that long ago we made the saltwater crocodile a protected species, now look at the problems we have rought. Some years later we protected some sharks, the non man eaters like the nurse I have no problems with, but the bulls and GW too big too dangerous and they are getting like the salty..In our faces.

Boatman - I recall seeing a documentary once about African lions. If a lion see a human coming in its direction, it gets up and moves off. Over the millennia, lions that failed to do this wound up being dinner in the local village. The only lions left were those that feared humans.